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1.

What is a "pirouette" in ballet?

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Answer: A Complete Turn On One Foot
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In what year was the School of American Ballet established?

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Answer: 1934
3.

How many positions of the feet did ballet master Pierre Beauchamp establish in the late 1600's?

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Answer: Five
4.

What is the puffy skirt often worn by a ballet dancer called?

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Answer: Tutu
5.

In ballet, what is a group of exercises that includes warm up, stretching, adage and allegro called?

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Answer: A Class
6.

In ballet, what is a barre?

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Answer: A Railing To Help With Balance
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What is a smooth "releve" from a position "a terre" through all levels of the foot in ballet?

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Answer: A Rise
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The term "arabesque" refers to a ballet stance or movement in which a dancer does what?

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Answer: Stands With One Leg Extended Behind
9.

In ballet dancing, a "pirouette" is what?

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Answer: A Turn
10.

Which ballet term means "slow, unfolding movements"?

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Answer: Adagio
11.

Which ballerina had a dessert named after her?

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Answer: Anna Pavlova
12.

In which country was the famous ballet dancer Julio Bocca born?

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Answer: Argentina
13.

In ballet as well as in French, what is another term for "arms"?

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Answer: Bras
14.

The ballet "The Nutcracker" is especially popular during which holiday season?

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Answer: Christmas
15.

What is the finale of a classical ballet with principal dancers appearing alone or in pairs called?

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Answer: Coda
16.

When a ballerina dances "en pointe", what is she doing?

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Answer: Dancing On Her Toes
17.

What British ballerina ended her 20-year career in ballet at the Royal Opera House in 2007?

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Answer: Darcey Bussell
18.

Who wrote the music for the ballet "Coppelia"?

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Answer: Leo Delibes
19.

The title of which artist's painting translates as "Ballet Hall of the Opera in the Rue Peletier"?

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Answer: Edgar Degas
20.

What is the term indicating that a ballet step is to be made towards the audience?

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Answer: En Avant
21.

When ballet dancers talk of "turnout", what do they mean?

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Answer: Feet Turned Out, Away From Body
22.

What sport were the five ballet positions inspired by?

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Answer: Fencing
23.

What famous choreographer was one of the founders of the New York City Ballet?

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Answer: George Balanchine
24.

In the ballet "Giselle", what are the "wilis"?

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Answer: Ghosts
25.

In ballet, what type of move is a "jete"?

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Answer: Jump
26.

In what venue does the New York City Ballet perform?

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Answer: Lincoln Center
27.

In the ballet "The Nutcracker", who or what attacks Clara and the Nutcracker?

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Answer: Mice
28.

Who was the principal male ballet dancer of the American Ballet Theatre from 1974 to 1979?

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Answer: Mikhail Baryshnikov
29.

Which city's famous ballet company often performs in Lincoln Center?

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Answer: New York
30.

What was the birth name of prima ballerina Margot Fonteyn?

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Answer: Peggy Hookham
31.

What is the title character in the ballet "Petrushka"?

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Answer: Puppet
32.

Ballerinas began to wear tutus with flowing skirts that bared the shins during which era?

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Answer: Romantic
33.

With whom did Margot Fonteyn begin her famous ballet partnership after she turned 40?

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Answer: Rudolf Nureyev
34.

Ballet in the United States started due to influence from which country?

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Answer: Russia
35.

The Vaganova method of ballet comes from what country?

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Answer: Russia
36.

What ballet features appearances by Puss in Boots, the Lilac Fairy and the Bluebird?

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Answer: Sleeping Beauty
37.

If a ballet movement is adagio, what does that mean?

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Answer: Slowly Unfolding
38.

In the ballet "Swan Lake", the heroine Odette is condemned to spend her days as what?

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Answer: Swan
39.

One of Anna Pavlova's most well-known dances was "The Dying" what?

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Answer: Swan
40.

What famous ballet is the basis for Disney's "The Swan Princess"?

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Answer: Swan Lake
41.

Which item is not part of a ballet costume?

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Answer: Tap Shoes
42.

Who wrote the music of the ballet "The Nutcracker"?

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Answer: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
43.

What is the name of the handrail ballet dancers use for support during practice?

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Answer: Barre
44.

"Sickling" describes a ballet fault where the dancer turns a foot in from the ankle breaking what?

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Answer: The Straight Line Of The Leg
45.

Jennifer Welsman of the Royal Winnipeg Ballet played China Doll on which kids' show?

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Answer: The Toy Castle
46.

In ballet, a "pas de trois" involves how many dancers?

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Answer: Three
47.

What does the ballet term "plie" mean?

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Answer: To Bend At The Knees
48.

What describes a ballet move where the dancer turns a foot and leg at right angle to the hip joint?

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Answer: Turn-Out
49.

What is the name of the short skirt, often made of starched net, that ballerinas wear?

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Answer: Tutu
50.

In ballet, a "pas de deux" is a dance for how many people?

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Answer: Two
51.

John Cranko created full-length ballets based on which author's literary works?

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Answer: William Shakespeare
52.

On average, how many pairs of pointe shoes do ballerinas go through per week?

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Answer: 3
53.

What ballet was created by choreographer Jerome Robbins in 1944 based on the jazz-dance style?

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Answer: Fancy Free
54.

What is considered the best age time frame for a student to begin ballet lessons?

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Answer: 8 To 10 Years Old
55.

In ballet, "first position" has the feet together in what shape?

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Answer: A Wide Open V
56.

Dancers in early ballets during the Renaissance did not wear tutus, but instead wore what?

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Answer: Ankle Length Formal Gowns
57.

Ballet developed in Russia in the 1900's because of visits from which Russian ballerina?

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Answer: Anna Pavlova
58.

Who choreographed "Ondine", "Les Patineurs" and "Marguerite and Armand"?

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Answer: Frederick Ashton
59.

For whom did Filippo Taglioni create "La Sylphide", the first romantic ballet, in 1832?

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Answer: His Daughter
60.

In discussing the origins of ballet, the most influential countries were Russia, France and what?

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Answer: Italy
61.

In ballet, what does the word "saute" refer to?

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Answer: Jumps
62.

Frederick Ashton choreographed "Marguerite and Armand" for which famous partnership?

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Answer: Margot Fonteyn & Rudolph Nureyev
63.

Who was the first ballerina to dance "en pointe" (on pointe shoes)?

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Answer: Marie Taglioni
64.

A ballet style with traditional ballet vocabulary but more expansive than classical is called?

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Answer: Neoclassical Ballet
65.

Which ballet move, which translates "step of the cat", makes the dancer appear to be floating?

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Answer: Pas De Chat
66.

Which Royal Ballet star was born in 1909 in South Australia?

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Answer: Robert Helpmann
67.

Which love story ballet did the State Academy Theatre for Opera and Ballet (GATOB) create in 1940?

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Answer: Romeo And Juliet
68.

This film "Center Stage", released in May 2000, depicts dancers enrolling into which ballet school?

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Answer: The American Ballet Academy
69.

What was the name of the first ballet school created by France's King Louis XIV?

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Answer: The Royal Academy of Dance
70.

Whose performance in his own "L'Apres-Midi d'un Faune" caused a riot at its premier?

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Answer: Vaslav Nijinsky
71.

The "Ballet Comique de la Reine", performed in 1581 to honor a royal wedding, lasted how many hours?

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Answer: 5 1/2
72.

In what year did a ballerina first wear a tutu on stage?

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Answer: 1832
73.

In what year did Mikhail Baryshnikov defect from the Soviet Union?

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Answer: 1974
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In which year was Julio Bocca's last performance in the American Ballet Theatre?

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Answer: 2006
75.

Choreographer George Balanchine considered what exercise most important in the practice of ballet?

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Answer: Battement Tendu
76.

Chief musician Balthazar de Beaujoyeulx created "Ballet Comique de la Reine" for which French Queen?

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Answer: Catherine De Medicis
77.

George Balanchine is considered the founder of which popular style of ballet?

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Answer: Contemporary Ballet
78.

Which style of ballet is considered to have influence from both classical ballet and modern dance?

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Answer: Contemporary Ballet
79.

What ballet term, when translated, means "separated" or "thrown wide apart"?

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Answer: Ecarte
80.

What was the birth name of Royal Ballet founder Ninette de Valois?

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Answer: Edris Stannus
81.

The word ballet comes from the word for "dance" in what language?

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Answer: French
82.

Which Argentine dancer won the gold medal at the International Ballet Competition in Moscow in 1985?

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Answer: Julio Bocca
83.

Who created the Ballet Argentino ballet company in 1980?

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Answer: Julio Bocca
84.

Which choreographer created idolized female roles in ballets like "Sleeping Beauty" and "Swan Lake"?

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Answer: Marius Petipa
85.

Which Royal Ballet star appeared as the Child Catcher in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"?

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Answer: Robert Helpmann
86.

What is the tip of a ballet toe shoe called?

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Answer: The Block
87.

Karen Kain has been the Artistic Director of what world famous ballet company?

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Answer: The National Ballet Of Canada
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Between what ages is the time considered best for a person to begin ballet lessons?

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Answer: 8 And 10 Years
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